ICYMI: Top Colleges in Florida, According to Forbes’ Latest Rankings

Several Florida schools made Forbes’ 2016 college rankings, but none scored especially high in the survey that put an emphasis on return on investment.

While no schools in the Sunshine State cracked the list’s Top 50, the University of Florida did rank 78th overall in the breakdown of 660 schools across the country. California’s Sanford University scored first-place honors. Massachusetts’ Williams College, New Jersey’s Princeton, Massachusetts’ Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology rounded out the Top 5. Connecticut’s Yale came in sixth place.

Here are the Florida schools that made the list:

1. University of Florida (78)
2. University of Miami (112)
3. Florida State University (177)
4. New College of Florida (207)
5. Rollins College (265)
6. University of South Florida (388)
7. University of Central Florida (397)
8. Eckerd College (406)
9. Stetson University (417)
10. Florida International University (455)
11. Florida Institute of Technology (472)
12. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (480)
13. Lynn University (504)
14. Florida Southern College (535)
15. Florida Atlantic University (557)
16. University of North Florida (564)
17. University of Tampa (566)
18. Florida Gulf Coast University (584)
19. University of West Florida (620)
20. Nova Southeastern University (621)
21. Florida A&M (625)
22. Barry University (627)

Forbes used data from the Department of Education, along with payscale.com and the America's Leaders List to compile the rankings on the top 660 schools. They rated each school on post-graduate success, student debt, student satisfaction, graduation rate and academic success.

Read Forbes' full methodology here

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